Cigarette-box.



A. MENDELSON. CIGARETTEV BOX. APPucATloN FILED lune so, |914.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

/lvl/E/vrof? arom jndelmw WIT/VESSES A I l" l AARON MENDELSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Application led .Tune 30, 1914. Serial No. 848,178.

lyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Cigarette-Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention comprehendsthe provision of an improved box for containing cigarettes, cigars and like commodities, particularly with regard to their shape, in which individualityis presented as an attractiveness of the box in addition to providing for convenience in vfilling tle box and independently and conveniently extracting the commodities therefrom.

Another object of the invention is comlprehended by the provision more especially ofa cigarette box which comprises a container in the .form of a body having open ends with oppositely slidable supporting sections having holders in the form of compartments to dispose and retain the cigarettes in spaced relation and cause them to project slightly from their compartments in such a manner that they may be readily grasped by the smoker without interfering with the remaining cigarettes in the box.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention resides more particularly in the peculiar combination and arrangement of part to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed, it being also an object to provide a device which is simple in construction, durable and eiicient.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part -of this specilication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigarette box constructed in accordance with my invention, with one supporting section projected from one end of the box to show the manner of disposing the cigarettes to permit their convenient withdrawal; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view crosswise of the box in a closed position and taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 8; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view partly in elevation illustrating a modification of the invention: Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5 with the carrying sections one with respect to the other longitudinally;

and Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5 with the parts similarly shifted.

As illustrated in the drawings, the box consists of a body 10 in the form of an inclosure having open ends and preferably lnade up of a strip of cardboard or the like the width of which corresponds to the length of the box. The ends of the st rip abut as shown at 11, and if desired the opposed sides and front and back portions of thebox may be reinforced by interior cardboard sections or reinforcing strips 12 with their ends terminating adjacent to concavely arcuate notches 13 in the opposed ends of said front and back portions intermediately thhe Width of the body for a purpose to be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In 'order to support the cigarettes or the like in the body and to permit the box to be quickly filled and the lcigarettes conveniently removed by a person desiring to smoke the same, a pair of oppositely movable or slidable carrying strips or sections 14 are provided, the same together with foldable portions 15 adapted to be folded or moved outward along the lines 16 which are creased or scored for this purpose and are of approximately the same dimension as the interior dimension of one side or the front and back portions of the body. One end of each section 14 has an end portion 17 foldable along the line 18 and a flap 19 foldable along the line 20, each end portion 17 having extensions 21 at its ends so as to engage the end edges of the body to prevent inward displacement of the supporting sections into the body beyond a predetermined degree and thus to form stop members to limit the opposite displacement of said' sections toward each other. This function is apparent by reason of the fact that each supporting section is provided with a plurality of substantially U-shaped and longitudinally extending compartmentforming strips 22 which are secured at their edges to the sections so that the bight portions or end Walls 23 of the compartments are located at the l ends of the supporting sections opposite to the closures formed by the foldable parts thereof, the compartments thus opening towardthe closures and being of such length that when the cigarettes are disposed therein the ends of the cigarettes will project to overlie the foldable portion; l5 at spaced distances from or adjacent to the end portions 17, whereby the 4flap 19 `will overlie theV pro'ecting ends.

e spaces between the c ompartment--` forming strips are equal in width tothe widths of the compartments and the two thicknesses of the strips combined and the strips are secured to the supporting sections in spaced relation beginning lushwith their opposite edges and proceeding vsothat they are disposed in staggered relation when the vcompartment-forming strips of one section are fitted into the spacesA between the compartment-forming the same independently in opposite directions inwardly.v of the body, as is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings.

The closures thus' open inop-posite directions at the opposite ends of the box and at diagonally opposite corners of said ends and when so opened, and with the supporting sections projected or slid outwardly to the extent of the length of the projection portions or farther, as shown in Fig. 11 of the drawings, the cigarettes which are thus Aspaced apart at each end of the box and`disposed in staggered relatonat theopposed ends can be conveniently grasped by the iin ers and displaced.

lgn the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 5 to 7, inclusive, the oppositely slidable carrying sections in lieu of being provided with the compartment-forming strips 22 are vleach provided with corrugatedl strips or sections 24 the corrugations extending transversely to provide longitudinal compartments or cells and each corrugated strip being attached to an anchoring section 25 by pasting or gluing the bight portions of the corrugations to. the anchoring section, as shown at 26, while the anchoring sections are in turn secured to the carrying sections.

- One end of each anchoring stri Vis provided with a series of extensions 2 located in spaced relation so as to be bent at right angles for attachment to the ends of the cor-- l the corrugated strips terminate short of the folding lines 16 so that ,the ends of the cig# arettes will project to permit the cigarettes to be convenientlyy withdrawn'. portions 17 are also provided with the extensions 21 forming stop members to prevent inward displacement of the' carrying strips of the other secv tion and the sect1ons co-engaged by sliding The end sections and the cigarettes with respect to the body forming the inclosure of the box.

Havlng thus described my invention, what -I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is l,

1. A cigarettel box or the like, comprising a body having open ends, movable compartment forming members in said body to hold the cigarettes in spaced relation at each end when said members are projected, and closures for the ends of lsaid body, said closures being pivoted at diagonally opposite corners o f the ends of the `body to open in opposlte directions to permit the cigarettes projecting from their compartments to be removed. l f

2. dispensing box of the class described, comprlslng a rectangular ,inclosure with open ends and oppositely movable carrying members mounted in said inclosure, pivoted closures at the ends of-said carrying memdirections with the compartments opening in the same direction spaced apart, and means to prevent the displacement of the carrying members in opposite directions inwardly of the inclosure.

4. A cigarette box, comprising a body with open ends, said body being formed of a strip having interior reinforcing sections at its front and back portions and end recesses, a pair of carrying strips snugly fitting in the body, corrugated strips suitably supported v and providing longitudinal compartments having end portions located in spaced relation at opposite endsfof the box whereby the compartments opening in the same direction are spaced apart, said strips terminating short of the ends of the carrying members to cause the cigarettes disposed in the compartments to project therefrom in-similar relation, and foldable sections at the ends of said carrying members providing end members" and closure iiaps adapted to overlie the cigarettes and extend into the body adjacent to said recesses, said end portions having extensions producing stop members to engage the ends of the body and limit the movements of the carrying members with respect to each other and into the body.

5. A cigarette'box or the like comprising two slidably connected sections, each. section having spaced parallel partitions, the partitions of one section overlapping; and slidably engaging the corresponding partitions of the other section, whereby: articlefholding compartments are formed, alternate compartments of each section. being closed at one. end and open at the opposite end, the closed ends of the compartments of one section being at the portion ofthe box opposite to the closed ends of the compartments of the other section, whereby the extremities of articles in the compartment will-be in projected relation to the sections when the latter are relatively shifted in a direction longitudinally of the compartments.

6. A cigarette box or the like comprising two slidably connected sections, eachsection having spaced parallel partitions, the partitions of one sectionoverlapping and slidably engaging the corresponding partitions of the other section, whereby article-holding compartments are formed, alternate compartments of each section being closed at one end and open at the opposite end, the closed ends of the compartments of one section being at the portion of the box opposite to the closed ends of the compartments of the other section, whereby the extremities of articles in the compartment will be in projected relation to the sections when the latter are relatively shifted in a direction longitudinallyof the compartments, means for slidably connecting the sections together, and closures at each end of the box.

7 L, A dispensing box of the class described, comprising a ybody with open ends and 0ppositely movable and interlocking carrying members mounted in said body, closures at the ends of said carrying members and compartment` forming members carried by said carrying members and adapted to hold articles whichare disclosed to view upon projection of said carrying members from the ends of the body.

8. A dispensing box of the class described, comprising a substantially rectangular inclosure with open ends and oppositely movable carrying members mounted in said ine closure, pivoted closures at the ends of said carrying members, strips carried by said members to provide compartments, said compartments opening in opposite directions With the compartments opening in the' same direction spaced apart, and means to prevent displacement of the carrying members in opposite directions.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AARON MENDELSGN.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. BUSCH, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS. 

